12 New Books to Read This Spring + Summer (2019)

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If you’ve read many posts on this blog before, you definitely know by now that I LOVE to read and I love talking about books. I also know that so many of you love it when I share and review books that I find.

In case you’re new to the blog, twice a year I write posts about new books I can’t wait to read coming out in the Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter. And it’s time for another post in this series!

There are so many great books coming out this spring and summer. This list includes many genres from romance to non-fiction to suspense. But mostly suspense, haha.

So, here are 12 new books that I can’t wait to read this fall and winter!

This is supposed to be a dark humor book about a college student named Samantha. She feels like an outsider in her small MFA program at New England’s Warren University. She’s a scholarship student and she’s utterly repelled by the rest of the girls – a clique of rich girls who call each other “Bunny.” But then Samantha receives an invitation to their group and finds herself inexplicably drawn to them. She ditches her only friend, Ava, in the process. But as Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into their cult, the edges of reality begin to blur and her friendships with Ava and the bunnies are brought to a deadly collision.

This is another satirical book about a 30-year-old woman named Millie. Millie spends her days at a thankless temp job and spends her nights watching TV in her empty apartment, dreaming about all the little ways she could change her life. When the possibility of a full-time job offer arises, it seems to bring about the better life she’s been envisioning for herself – filled with nicer clothes, fresh produce, and financial independence. But with it also comes the paralyzing realization of just how hollow that vision of life has become. “Darkly hilarious and devastating, The New Me is a dizzying descent into the mind of a young woman trapped in the funhouse of American consumer culture.”

This one’s a psychological suspense novel about a woman named Kate. Kate has it all – she’s the heiress to a large fortune, she has a gorgeous husband and daughter, a high-flying career, and a beautiful home. But that all changes the night Kate’s mother is murdered. Kate is heartbroken and she reaches out to her estranged best friend, Blaire, who rushes to her side for the funeral. That evening, Kate receives a threatening text from an anonymous number. Blaire decides to investigate and it becomes clear that all is not as it seems in Baltimore high society. Infidelity, lies, and betrayals come to light and tensions reach a boiling point. The murderer could be anyone – friend, neighbor, or loved one. But whoever it is, it’s clear that Kate is next on their list.

This is another psychological thriller about a 17-year-old girl named Stella. Stella’s accused of murdering a man almost twice her age. What reason could she have to know this man, let alone kill him? Stella’s father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter while struggling to understand why she’s a suspect. Told in an unusual three-part structure, this novel asks the questions: How well do you know your own children and how far would you go to protect them?

This is a new-adult romance about a college student named Annika. Annika is anxious in social situations and would rather be surrounded by her books or the quiet solitude of playing chess. She meets a boy named Jonathan in the chess club and they soon fall in love, planning a future together. What follows is a love affair that withstands everything but the unforeseen tragedy that forces them apart and leaves them to navigate their lives alone. Now, a decade later, fate reunites Annika and Jonathan. She’s a librarian and he’s a Wall Street whiz recovering from a divorce and seeking a fresh start. The strong feelings they once shared are instantly rekindled, but until they confront the fears and anxieties that drove them apart, their second chance will end before it truly begins.

This is a women’s fiction novel (inspired by a true story) about a woman named Cussy Mary Carter. The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek, Kentucky have to scrap for everything – except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt’s Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome’s got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy. Cussy’s not only a book woman, but she’s also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue unlike most anyone else. Not everyone is keen on Cussy’s family or the Library Project, and a Blue is often blamed for any whiff of trouble. If Cussy wants to bring the joy of books to the hill folks, she’s going to have to confront prejudice as old as the Appalachias and suspicion as deep as the holler.

This is another psychological thriller about a woman named Maddie. Maddie and Ian’s love story began with a chance encounter at a party overseas; he was serving in the British army and she was a travel writer visiting her best friend, Jo. Now almost two decades later, married with a beautiful son, they are living the perfect suburban life in Middle America. But when a camping accident leaves Maddie badly scarred, she begins attending writing therapy, where she gradually reveals her fears about Ian’s PTSD, her concerns for the safety of their young son, and the couple’s tangled and tumultuous past with Jo. Sixteen years of love and fear, adventure and suspicion culminate in The Day of the Killing, when a frantic 911 call summons the police to the scene of a shocking crime.

This is a horror novel about a woman named Lauren. Everyone says Lauren is exhausted, that she needs rest. And they’re right; with newborn twins, Morgan and Riley, she’s never been more tired in her life. But she knows what she saw that night in her hospital room – a woman tried to take her babies and replace them with her own creatures. Yet when the police arrived, they saw no one. A month passes and one bright summer morning, the babies disappear from Lauren’s side in the park. When they’re found, there’s something different about them. They look like Morgan and Riley to everyone else, but Lauren knows something is off. Determined to bring her infant sons home, Lauren will risk the unthinkable. But if she’s wrong about what she saw, she’ll be making the biggest mistake of her life.

This is a suspense novel about a man named Transom. When Transom goes missing shortly after returning to his small hometown of Fallen Hills, Pennsylvania, his secrets are not the only ones that threaten to emerge. Something terrible happened seventeen years ago that still haunts Red, the sheriff. Possum, the victim of that crime, wants revenge. Chase, a former friend of Transom’s, is devastated by his treacherous land dealings. And Laney worries her one thoughtless mistake with Transom could shatter everything she’s built. As the search for Transom heats up and the members of the town’s dark histories unfold, each must decide whether to live under the brutal weight of the past or try to move beyond it.

This is a horror novel about a man named Tom. After the sudden death of his wife, Tom decides that a fresh start will help him and his son, Jake, heal. Their new town has a dark past. Twenty years ago, a serial killer abducted and murdered five residents. Until Frank Carter was finally caught, he was nicknamed “The Whisper Man,” because he would lure his victims out by whispering at their windows at night. Just as Tom and Jake settle into their new home, a young boy vanishes, reigniting old rumors that Frank preyed with an accomplice. Now, detectives Amanda Beck and Pete Willis must find the boy before it’s too late, even if that means Pete has to revisit his great foe in prison: The Whisper Man. And then Jake begins to act strangely after he hears a whispering at his window.

This is a humorous novel about a man named Andrew. For years, Andrew has worked a thankless public health job, searching for the next of kin of those who die alone. Luckily, he goes home to a loving family every night. At least, that’s what his co-workers believe. A misunderstanding has left Andrew trapped in his own white lie and his lonely apartment. When new employee Peggy breezes into the office like a breath of fresh air, she makes Andrew feel truly alive for the first time in decades. But telling Peggy the truth could mean losing everything. For twenty years, Andrew has worked to keep his heart safe, forgetting one important thing: how to live. Maybe it’s time for him to start.

This is a non-fiction book about Lori Gottlieb. One day, she’s a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office Lori suddenly lands. As Lori explores the inner chambers of her patients’ lives, she finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell. With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.

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I really want to read as much as possible in the summer. There’s no better way to spend a sunny day than sitting outside with a good book and all of these suggestions are fab! I love the sound of Little Darlings and The Girl He Used To Know x